Pipe-drawing machine.



P. A. SGHUSTER.

PIPE DRAWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. a, 1910.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1l vn-Ntssas P. A. SGHUSTBR. PIPE DRAWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 3, 1910.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

m QI'NVE NTO R 737% WFM? WITNESSES FRANK A. SHUSTER, 0F SHARPSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

PIPE-DRAWING MACHINE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2,9, 1910.

Application led February 3, 1910. Serial No. 541,717.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. SGHUS'TER, a resident of Sharpsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pipe-Drawing Machines; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to pipe drawing machines, and has special reference to such machines for use in the drawing of what is known as lap weld pipe. i

The main object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple and eiiicient pipe drawing machine which will prevent the pipe from sticking in the welding rolls in the drawing of the skelp through such rolls in forming the pipe. and thereby prevent the loss of such 'pipe or mandrelthrough such sticking.

Another object of my invention is to prof vide such a device which when drawing the pipe will prevent the pipe as it is being welded by the rolls from sagging, or dropping down at the welded end, and thereby overcoming any kinking in such pipe as formed.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a device which will draw the pipe through thewelding rolls and overcome the chipping or roughing up of the rolls to catch the pipe, as is generally employed, and thereby enable the employment of smooth rolls to form smooth and finished pipe, instead of pipe having marks or other imperfections through prints or indentat-ions thereon from such roughened rolls.

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangement, construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct and use my improved pipe drawing-machine, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a top plan v iew ofmy improved pipe drawing machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the parts in position at the beginning of the operation of welding the pipe. Fig. 2a is a like view showing the position of the parts after the operation of welding the pipe is completed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section on the line 3 3 Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4 is an enlarged side view of the gripping device, with some of the part-s in section and broken away. Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of the gripping device.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like parts in each of the figures of the drawings.

As illustrated in the drawings, 1 represents a portion of the usual furnace for heating the skelp to be formed into pipe, and 3 the usual grooved rolls, which are located in front of the opening or mouth 2 of such furnace and within their housings 4. In front of the rolls 3 is the draw bench 5 having the usual V-shaped trough 6 within the same and the tracks 7 on each side of said trough. At each end -of the bench 5. are the sprocketwheels 8, which are mounted in the'standards or bearings 9, and the sprocket-chains 10 pass around and engage with said wheels, while the upper portions 10 of said chains travel through the grooved portionsv 11 in the upper part of said bench and beyond the tracks 7 Mounted upon the draw bench 5 is the pipe gripping device 12, which is adapted to travel upon the tracks 7 on said bench through the rollers or wheels 13 ournaled on the side portions 13 formed on the supporting frame or body 13 of said device, and projecting from the rear end'of such frame is the annular head 14 having the hole 15 passing centrally through the same. Extending out from the front ends of the side, portions 13 of the body 13 are the draft bars 16 for supporting the sliding frame 17 through holes 17 in said frame, and the front end of such bars beyond the frame 17 are threaded, as at 18 for the receiving of jam-nuts 18 to adjust and limit the movement of said frame. "Extending rearward of the sliding frame 17 and connected centrally thereto through the hole 22 by a tubular portion 19, is the cone 20, which is provided with a hole 21 centrally through the saine for connecting with said tubular portion, whilepivotally mounted at 24 on the body 13 of the device 12 through bearings 23 are the gripping levers 24, which are provided with the jaws 25 at their rear ends for extending over the head 14, and

vthe front ends of such levers are adapted to mounted thereon and provided with an inhole. v key 41 for fitting within a seat 41 in the clined outer end '29 leading up ffrom a lug 30 on the under face of thesame and ada ted to engage with aI trip 29 on each side o the front end of the bench 5. Each'of the arms 28 are held normally in their raised positions by a spring 31'secured on the frame 17 and engagin with each of said arms, and. extendin out rom each side of said arms is a sto pin 31 which is adapted to be e11- gage by one arm 32 on the bell-crank levers 33 loosely mounted on the shafts 27 beyond the arms 28, as hereinafter described. Another arm 34 on the levers 33 extends out at right angles to the arm 32 and is adapted to engage with a stop 35 located at the rear of the bench 5 and on each side of the same, and with the u per face 36 of said stop and the downward y inclined portion 37 at the front end thereof, as hereinafter described.

Extending through the holes l5 and 21 in the head 14 and cone 20 respectively, and

through the tubular portion 19 and holeA 22' in the`sliding frame 17, is thev usual ballbar 38, which is adapted to carry the welding mandrel or ball 39 .at its rear end b fitting within a. hole 40 centrally of said ba l and against a contracted portion 40 of said rlhis bar 38 is also provided with a ball 39 and within a like seat 41- in the head 14 in different positions of said bar, and is also provided with an annular shoulder 42 thereon for engaging with a dog 43 pivoted centrally on the frame 17, as hereinafter described, and having an operating handle 44 thereon. rlhe rear end of the ball-bar 38 passes between the usual pinching rolls 45 located at the front end of the bench 5 and through the usual guides 46 and 46 and onto the idle rollers 46 in front of saidv rolls in the ordinary manner, while the usual stop bar 47 is pivoted on said guide 46 for fitting a ainst the front end of the ball-bar 38 to ho d such bar 38 in position durin the welding operation, as hereinafter descri ed.

The operation of my improved pipe drawing machine is as follows: With the rolls 3 revolving in the usual manner in the direction of the arrows, and with the chains 10 moving in the direction of the arrows idly at a faster speed than such rolls through the medium of the s rocket-wheels 8 engaging therewith and driven by the shaft 8 connecting the front wheels 8, the machine is ready for the welding operation. The

ball-bar-38 being in its withdrawn p0sition,

as shown in Fig. 2, so that upon the same 42 on said bar, the device 12 will move with said bar along the bench 5 by the rollers 13 on said device traveling along the tracks 7l on said bench to the positionv4 shown in Fig. 2, while such bar .will be held in this position during the welding operation by the end of the same. During this rearward movement of the-device 12 ,with the ball-bar 38 .the arms 32 on the levers 33 will be freed from the pins 31 on the spring arms 28'by the arms 34 on said levers passing up the inclined portions 37 and along the upper faces 36 ofthe stops 35, and when the device 12 is in such position as shown in Fig. 2 the arms 34 will dro-p down in the rear of said stops, so that the arms 32 will be in position for engaging with saidl pins 31. With the ball 39 placed in its usual position on the front end of the ball-bar 38 and between the rolls 3 in the usual manner, the key 41 on said bar will be in its seat 41 in said ball and the skelp for forming the pipe can then be fed from the furnace 1 in the usual manner and through the month 2 of the same to the rolls 3. As the front end of the 'stop bar 47 being placed against the front skelp reaches the rolls 3 it passes over the b all 39 on the bar 38 and is welded against said bal-l by such rolls at its side edges in the ordinary manner to form the pipe a, and when such welded end ofthe pipe has passed througl'l said rolls it passes over the head 14 on the gripping device 12 and strikes against the side portions 13 and bearings 23 on the body 13 of said device, which will thereby move said device along the bench 5 by its rollers 13 engaging the tracks 7 during such movement of the pipe a in being welded. This forward movement of the device 12 will turn the bell-crank levers 33 on the shafts 27 to allow the arms 32 on said levers to be thrown forward and engage with the pins 31 on the spring arms 28, while the arms 34 on said levers will be thrown back and move along the faces 36 on the stops 35, and thus throw down the said arms 28 to allow the lugs .30 on said arms to catch in the chains 10, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. While the pipe a is still being welded and moving through the rolls 3, the gripping device 12 is also still being moved forward along the bench 5 by the chains 10 engaging with said device through the lugs 30 on the spring arms 28, and when the arms 34 on the levers 33 pass over the inclined faces 37 on the stops 3, the said arms will resume their vertical normal positions, while the arms 32 on said levers will be raised and freed from the pins 31. By

reason of these chains 10 moving faster than the. rolls 8 and pipe fr.. the sliding frame 17 on the device 12 will be moved along the bars 16, which will thereby draw the cone 20 forward with such yframe and move out the levers 24 engaging therewith, so that the jaws 25 on said levers will be drawn inward and gri the forward end of the pipe a. on the heat 14 of such-device. Any suitable device can be connected to the shaft 8 for driving the sprocket-wheels 8 connecting the chains 10, so that after'tvhe jaws 25 have thus gripped the pipe athe speed of such chains will slow down to the same speed as the-rolls 3, which is naturally accomplished where an electric motor is used on said shaft for driving said sprocket-wheels. but when said shaft is being driven through gearing` a friction clutch will'have to be interposed inv said shaftto allow for such slowing down of said chains. Through the jaws25 thus gripping the pipe a and the gripping device 12 being connected to the chains 10 through the spring arms 28, the skelp is drawn from the furnace n through the rolls 3 and the saine welded on the ball 39 to form the full length of pipe (l, and when such length has been ,so formed and the inclined ends 29 on the arms 28 reach the trips 29 on the bench suoli arms will be raised thereby. In this raising of the arms 28 the lugs 30 thereon will be also freed from the chains 10 and will be further raised to their normal positions by the spring 31, so that when the pipe n has been thus formed and freed from the iolls 3 and ball 39, the stop bar '-17 can be freed from the front end of the ball-bar 38 and by reversing the revolutions of the pinching rolls 45, such ballbar can be drawn forward through guide 46 onto the rollers 4G and through the head 14. frame 17 and cone 20, so that the key 4l will be freed from the seat 4:1 in the ball 39 and strike against the head 14 on the device 12, which will draw said device forward and thereby release the forward ends of the levers-24 from the cone 2O o-n said device. At the same time the jaws 25 on the levers't will be freed from the pipe a and the head 14 on the device 12 will be lwithdrawn from said pipe. This withdrawing of the ball-bail 38 will permit the ball 39 to drop down between the rolls and bench 5 in the usual manner and the pipe a can also then drop down in the trough 6 of the bench 5, as shown in Fig. 23L by the freeing of the head 14 on the gripping device therefrom, and then such pipe can be removed therefrom in the usual manner, after which the parts are ready for another operation of welding and drawing another pipe Aand such operations made continuously.`

It will be obvious that the employment of my improved pipe drawing machine will require only a short pusher to push the pipe skelp intothe welding rolls from the furnace in what is known as the-back-charging practice generally employed in this class of work instead of the customary long pusher, which is required to push the' l The adjustment of lmovement ot the sliding frame on the gripsticking' ping device provides for different thicknesses of metal in the pipe being welded and will also provide for any wear on the pi e gripping jaws or head on such device, while atthe same time after the pipe has been gripped the draft is taken upon the bars supporting said frame by such frame coming against the jam-nuts in said bars. Different sizes of devices or heads can be provided for different diameters of pipe, and such devices or heads-can be easily and quickly placed upon or removed from the bench and around the ball-bar. improved pipe drawing machine is rapid and convenient in all its operations or inove ments and provides for gripping the pipe as soon as it leaves the welding rolls, as well as enabling the drawing or pulling device for such pipe to be set in motion by such pipe,

vas it is being welded and moving through such rolls in the ordinary manner. lThe device being movable along the ball-bai" will insure a central draft on the device and will be tripped automatically by the action Yof such bar, while such device being movable along the bench through its wheels or rollers it can helpushed up to the welding rolls by such bar. The gripping levers for the pipe are insured of being held normally open through being spring operated, so as to receive the pipe, and aie closed through the action of the cone device engaging between the tails of the same, which will rigidly and securely hold such pipe on the gripping and drawing device, and thereby insure t-he pipe to be drawn through the welding rolls in the movement of such device.

Although four gripping levers are shown as being applied to the pipe in the drawing operation of the saine, this specific number is not requisite, as two or more such levers can be used, the number depending upon the size of pipe to be drawn, and various other modifications and changes in the design and operation of my improved pipe drawing niachine may be resorted to, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- 1. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination of welding rolls having a welding ball within the same, a ballbar for carrying said ball, and a grippingI device on and movable along said bar for engaging with 'one end of the pipe after it.

emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation.

2. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having a welding ball within the same, a

gaging with one end of the pipe after it` emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, and powerdriven chains adapted to be connected to said device for moving the same in the welding operation.

4:. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having a welding ball' within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, power-driven chains, and spring operated arms on said device for engaging with said chains to move said device in the welding opeiaton.

In a machine vfor drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having av welding vball within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one'end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, power-driven chains, means on said device for engaging with said chains to move said deviceiii the welding operation, means Jfor releasing said device, and means Jfor closing the device on the pipe for the welding operation.

6. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having a welding ball within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one-end of the pipe after it emerges 'from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, power-driven chains, and movable means on said device having means for engaging Iwith said chains to move said device in the welding operation, means for releasing said device, and means for closing the device on the pipe for the welding operation.

7. In a machine for drawin lapweld pipe, the combination with we ding rolls having a welding-holey within, the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of aA device on and' movable along said bar having gripping levers for engaging with one end of the pipe aft-er itA emerges from the rolls to draw said pipe during the welding operation,- lpower-driven chains,.a movable frame on said device having means for engaging with i said chains to move said device in the welding operation, and a cone on said frame for engaging with said levers to close the same on the pipe for the welding o eration.

8. In a machine for rawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having a welding ball within` the same, a ball-bar for carrying saidball, of a. gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe in its Welding operation, power-driven chains, spring-operated arms on said device for engaging `with said chains to move said device in the welding operation, and means for engaging with said armsto connect the same with said chains.

9. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having a welding ball within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe in its welding operation, power-driven chains,

spring-operated arms on said device for en- @aging with said chains to move said device in the welding operation, and levers on said arms for engaging with the same and with stops to connect said arms with said chains.

10. In `a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having al welding ball within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe in its welding operation, power-driven chains, spring-operated arms on said device for engaging with said chains to move said device in the welding operation, means for lengaging with said arms to connect the same with said chains, and means for disconnecting said arms from said chains.

1l. InI a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having a welding ball within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device -on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe in its welding operation, power-drivenchains, spring-operated arms on said device for engaging with said chains to move said device in the welding operation, means for engag- .bar for carrying said ball, on and movable along said bar ing with said arms to connect the same with said chains and tripping means for disconnecting said arms from said chains.

12. In a machine for drawing lap-weld ipe, the combination withV welding rolls iaving a Welding ball within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping deviceonf and movablealong said bar for engaging with one end of the-pipe after it emerges from such'ro'llsto draw said. pipe in its welding-Operation, power-driven chains, spring-operated armson said device for engaging with said chains to move said device in the-Welding operation, means for engaging with said arms to connect the lsame with -said chains, and a tripping bar extending over said chains for engaging with said arms 'to disconnect the same from said chains.

13. In a machine -for drawing lap-Weld pipe, the-combination of welding rolls having a welding ball Within the same, a balla gri ping device or engaging with one end of the 'pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, and' means for mov- Y mg said device in the movement of such bar 4 vers 4for engaging with one operation and for the posifor the weldin (I devi for the gripping of tioningl of sai the pipe.

14. In a machine fordrawing lap-weld pipe, the combinationoflfwelding rolls having a weldin ball within the same, a ballbar for carrying saidball, a gripping device on and movable alongsaid bar for engaging with` one end of the pipe after it emerges jfrom such rolls to drawv said pipe during its welding operation, and means on said device for engaging with said bar to permit said device to move with said bar for the Welding operation and for the positioning of said device for the grippin of the pipe. v

15. JIn a machine or drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination of welding rolls having a welding ball within the same, a 'ballbar for carrying said ball, a gripping device on and movable along said bai' for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, and a dog pivoted on .said device'for engaging with a shoulder on the positioning of said device for the grip--y ping of the pipe.

16. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination of welding rolls having a welding ball within the same, a ballbar for carrying said ball, a device on and movable along said bar having grip ing leendk of tlh after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, and means for withdrawing said device, and means for opening said levers to permit the e pipe pipe to be freed from said device after being welded.

17. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination'of welding rolls having a.l Welding ball within the same, a ballbar for carrying said ball, a device on and movable along-said bar having gripping 'lever's for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges `from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, and means operative through the movement of said bar for withdrawing said device,` and means for opening said levers to permit theV pipe to be welded.

18. In al machine for pipe, the combination of freedvfrom said device after being welding rolls hav- Aing awelding ball within the-same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, a device on and movable along said bar having ripping levers for engaging with one end 0% the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pi e durin its welding o eration, and means fgr engaging with said v evice in the movement of said `bar vto withdraw said device, and

drawing lap-weld meansto open lsaid levers so as to permit the pipeJLo-:b'e fireed from said device after being welded...- l

19. In a'f machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the `cmbination of welding rolls having a welding ball within the same, a'ballbar for carrying said ball, a device on and movable along said bar having gripping levers for engaging with one end of the pipe after vit emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, and a key on said ball-bar for engaging With said device 'in the movement of Vsaid bar to Withdraw said device, and means to open saidlevers so asto .permit the pipe to be freed .from-said device after being welded.

20. In a machine 'for drawing 'lap-weld `4 pipe, the combination of welding rolls having a Welding ball within lthe same, a ballbar for carrying said ball, a gripping device on and.movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, and power driven means adapted to be connected to said device to engage the device with.` the pipe and move said device during the welding operation.

21. In a machine for drawing"` lap-weld pipe, the combination of welding rolls having a welding ball Within the same, a ballbar for carrying said ball, a gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges ed tomsaid chains for engaging the device v with the pipe 'and moving said device during the welding operation.

device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, power-driven i chains, and spring operated arms on saidv device adapted to be connected to said chains for engaging the device with said pipe and moving said device during the welding operation.

23. In a machine for Adrawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding yrolls having a welding ball within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable along said bar .forengaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, power-driven chains, means on said device adapted to be connected to said chains for engaging the device with the pipe and moving said device dnring the welding operation, means for releasing said device,.and means for closing the device on the pipe for the welding operation.

24. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination 'with welding rolls having a welding ball within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable alongsaid bar for engaging with one end of t-he pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe during its welding operation, power-driven chains, movable means on said device having means adapted to be connected to said chains for engaging the device with the pipe and moving said device during the welding operation, means on said movable means for releasing said device, and means for closing the device on the pipe during the welding operation.

25. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having a welding-hole within the same, a

ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a device on and movable along said bar having gripping levers forengaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from the rolls to draw said pipe during the welding operation, power-driven chains, a movable frame on said device having means adapted to be connected tosaid chains for engaging said levers with the pipe and moving said device durin the Welding operation, and means on said rame for releasing said levers, and

means for closing the levers on the pipe 'for the Welding operation.

26. In a machine for drawin lap-weld pipe, the combination with we ding rolls having a welding-hole within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a device on and movable along said bar having gripping levers for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from the rolls to draw said pipe during the welding operation, power-driven chains, a movable frame on said device having means adapted to be connected to said chains for engaging said levers with the pipe and moving said device during the welding operation, and a cone on said frame for engaging with said levers to close the same on the pipe for the welding operation.

27. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having a welding-hole within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a device on and movable along said bar having gripping levers for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from the rolls to draw said pipe during the welding operation, power-driven chains, a movable frame on said device having spring operated arms adapted to be connected to said chains for engaging said levers with the pipe and moving said device during the welding operation, and means on said frame for releasing said levers, and means for closing the levers on the pipe for the welding operation.

28. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having a welding ball within the same, a ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe in its welding operation, powerdriven chains, spring-operated arms on said device adapted to be connected to said chains for engaging the device with'tlie pipe and moving said device during the welding operation, and means for engaging with said arms to connectl the same with said chains.

29. In a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls yhaving a welding ball within the same, a

ball-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe in its welding operation, power-driven chains, spring-operated arms on said device adapted to be connected to said chains for engaging the device-with the pipe and moving said device during the welding operation, and levers for engaging the arms to connect the same with said chains.

30. In a machine for drawinglap-weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having a Welding ball within the same, a ball-liar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such '.olls to draw said pipe in its welding operation, power-driven cha1ns,

in its Welding ing the device with the pipe and moving sa1d device during the Welding operation, and levers for engaging with said arms and with stops to connect said arms with said chains.

3l. In a machine for dra-Wing lap-Weld pipe, the combination with Welding rolls having al Welding ball Within the same, a hall-bar for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe operation, power-driven chains,'springoperated arms or. said device adapted to he connected to said chains for engaging the device with the pipe and moving said device during' the Welding operation, means for engaging with said arms to connect the saine with said chains. and means for disconnecting said arms from said chains. i

32. ln a machine for drawing lap-weld pipe, the combination with Welding rolls having a Welding ball within the same.v a ball-baifor carrying said ball. of a gripping device on and movable along said bar for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from snc-h rolls to draw said ipe in its welding operation, power-driven chains. spring-operated armsv on said device adapted to be-connected to said chains for engaging the device with the pipe and Inoving-said device during the Welding operation, tripping means for engaging with said arms to connect the same with saidl chains, and means for disconnecting said said chains.

33. In a inachine'for 'drawing lap-Weld pipe, the combination with welding rolls having a Welding ball Within the same, a ball-har for carrying said ball, of a gripping device on and movable along said har for engaging with one end of the pipe after it emerges from such rolls to draw said pipe in its `Welding operation, power -driven chains, spring-operated'arms on said device' adapted to be connected to said chains for engaging the device with the pipe and mov# ing said device during the Welding operation, means for engaging with said arms to connectl the same with said chains, and a tripping bar extending over.' said chains for engaging with said arms -to disconnect Ithe same from said chains.

In testimony .vhcreo". I, the said FRANK A. onifs'rnn, have hereunto set my hand.

FRANK A. SCHUSTER. litnesses Lunas L. VVEHN,V

J. N. COOKE.

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